Balanchine is created with creating the concept of the ideal ballet body. ... This ultra-thin requirement for dancers is what you learn at a very young age, through comments made by dance teachers, partners, parents, and the dance media. ... Dance teachers will also tell students to go on a diet, or that they will not get a certain part if they don't lose weight. ... All of this of course is because of her teachers and her peers around her. ... That's what a lot of dance teachers put into your head and that it the number one reason dancers develop eating disorders. ...

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But to blame just our society is not enough, because biology is another important aspect that can be brought into context with our ideal of beauty: The reasons why it is so important for women to be beautiful and men to be strong and handsome are deeply ingrained in the human psyche and are the product of hundreds of thousands of years of evolution. ... And our society can prove this argument: 1) Their partners tend to be more attractive; 2) They are thought to be more intelligent and sociable by their teachers who tend to give them better grades in school; Of course we can't attribu...

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Despite what any teachers or peers would maybe think, it was hardly a "vacation from school", we woke up at 6:30, got weighed, then dressed, and walked over to the eating disorders unit at 7:00. ... I have to admit, since my home life is less then ideal, partial was difficult to adjust to. ...

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The body type known as ideal is possessed by only 5% of American females ("E.D.... Her teacher even made a reference to her saying that she used to be as big as Laurie. ... People think that in order to be the ideal model image everyone wants, people resort to starving, vomiting, abuse of laxatives and diuretics, dieting, endured hours of exercise, and even plastic surgery (Thompson). ...

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